Published November 5, 2014 at Liberty Blog. Written by Jonathan Wood For the first time, a federal court has struck down federal regulation of a species under the Endangered Species Act, holding that the Constitution doesn’t give the federal government limitless powers. People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners members are property owners and local government in southwestern […]

By Kevin Mooney | The Daily Signal | Juy 17, 2014 http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/17/va-farmer-says-green-group-urged-county-harass-zoning-citations/ A well-funded, politically influential environmental group based in Fauquier County, Va., stands accused of colluding with government officials and real estate moguls to force a local farmer into selling a highly coveted parcel of land. The Piedmont Environmental Council, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt […]

By JAMES BOVARD Earlier this month the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture taking 47% of a farmer’s harvest does not violate the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause as long as the government aims to drive up crop prices. The May 9 decision was the latest absurdity in a decade-long legal […]

By Barnini Chakraborty | Published March 14, 2014 | FoxNews.com All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could […]

January 28, 2014 | By Christina Sandefur, Goldwater Institute Alarmed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that left property across America vulnerable to government seizure, in 2006 Arizona voters overwhelmingly enacted Prop. 207, one of the nation’s strongest protections for property rights. That law ensured that government can only take private property for truly public uses, […]

Jan. 21, 2014 12:23pm Becket Adams World War II veteran Frank Whitney is fighting taxpayer-funded attempts by a New York village to seize his private property. Officials in the village of Saltaire on Fire Island, N.Y., are trying to take Whitney’s Saltaire Market grocery using eminent domain so they can build a municipality-owned market, the New York […]

by David Madrid – Apr. 22, 2012 08:47 PM The Republic | azcentral.com Rejecting an almost $1.7 million price tag, Litchfield Park officials may resort to condemnation to transform a deteriorating piece of land into a public park. For two years, the city has been unable to reach an agreement with the owners of Scout […]

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mr. Jay Dushoff. Mr. Dushoff was widely recognized as one of the most ardent supporters of private property rights, demonstrated through years of litigation and legal work in Arizona. Mr. Dushoff supported the ORANGE Coalition and it’s mission from the beginning, and his presence as a trusted advisor will […]

The ORANGE Coalition held it’s annual luncheon on Wednesday, January 4th at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort. The agenda boasted nationally recognized speakers, state representatives, and key stakeholders in matters relating to private property rights. The lunch meeting was attended by not only ORANGE Board members and officers, but elected officials, experts in private property rights […]